Master's · Albany, New York
Is Social Work at University at Albany worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,363
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,973
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $38,762
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $41k (likely $41k – $41k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $865 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$207k (likely −$261k – −$160k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$177k (likely −$282k – −$65k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University at Albany
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,822
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,374
- Taxation (Master's)$109,679
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$108,938
- Applied Mathematics (Bachelor's)$103,659
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$98,010
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$95,885
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$86,331
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$85,424
- Public Administration (Master's)$84,950
- Public Administration (Graduate certificate)$81,812
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,285
Social Work at other schools in New York
- CUNY Lehman College$77,884
- College of Staten Island CUNY$76,568
- CUNY Hunter College$76,071
- Columbia University in the City of New York$75,980
- New York University$72,690
- Adelphi University$71,718
- Touro University$71,531
- Yeshiva University$70,744
- Fordham University$70,342
- Long Island University$69,549